Ohio State University Extension has scheduled in-person meetings for licensed pesticide and fertilizer applicators open to any Ohio applicator. The meetings will be held on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the Event Center on the Warren County Fairgrounds. Please note some of the promotional materials sent out by the Ohio Department of Agriculture list the time of the meeting from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. There are multiple different meetings scheduled during that time. Here’s the schedule for the day:

Session I – 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Specialty Crops & Greenhouse)
Categories available: Core, 3 & 5
This session is specifically for Specialty Crop growers and those with greenhouses. It is a replacement for the Fruit and Vegetable Conference which will not be held in 2022. Instructors for this session will be Brad Bergefurd, Jim Jasinski and Dr. Ashley Leach.

Fertilizer Only Session – 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Category 15
This session will only be for fertilizer recertification. It will be held between the two sessions and is open to anyone needing to renew their fertilizer certification.

Session II – 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Agronomic Crops, Livestock & Fumigation)
Categories available: Core, 1, 2 & 6
This session is for agronomic and livestock producers with pesticide licenses.

Registration is required by calling the office at (513)695-1311. Payments will be taken at the door. Cost of the programs are the following:
$35 per session which includes the fertilizer meeting.
$15 for the fertilizer meeting only.